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Culvert, especially with the omicron wave, we are in a much better place. kudos to the federal judges strict on this mask mandated on plans. fox news alert now. now the u.s. confirming it will send even more aid to ukraine and trade ukrainian troops. >> good morning, todd and carly. today is the morning after and the city of lviv was terrorized by four missiles yesterday. we covered that breaking news on the show. seven people dead. now the president here, zelenskyy, and ukraine is warning the entire country should be prepared for russia's major second phase of the war in the east. >> now we c...

Instead of minimizing current or future waves of COVID-19, we need for strategies to deal with new variants efficiently. Only then can we live with the virus in a healthy way.

>> what the study found and this is something that the pediatricians have noticed with the omicron wave, we've seen more children with covid develop acute upper airway infections and an example is what is called croupe. that is when the upper airway becomes inflamed and it makes it difficult to breathe. it is more common in children than adults because children have smaller airways. and when you look at the data from this study, here is what it found as far as the prevalence of this. before the omicron wave, about 1.4% of children hospitalized with covid-19 had acute upper airway disease and i...

Before the omicron wave, pre-omicron, about 1.4% of children showed upper airway disease during omicron that jumped to about 4%. and this is serious, erica. the study found a fifth of upper airway infection cases resulted in severe disease. requiring ventilation or blood pressure elevating medicationsar even death, erica. >> and i'm fascinated by the next one. the fda has now authorized the first covid-19 breath tecst whih could mane a change for overall testing but how effective is this. >> this is another tool. it won't replace the nasal swab, it is just another option. if do you test positi...

About covid and children. a study finding upper airway infections in kids are more common with the omicron variant than other variants. jacqueline howard is joining us now with the details. so most parents, pretty familiar with an upper airway infection, c i could say. but what is it what we're seeing with omicron and how that variant might contribute to this. >> they're noticing more acute upper airway infections in children with covid-19 during the omicron wave. and an example of it is croupe. that is when the upper airway becomes inflamed and it makes it very difficult to breathe. an we do ...